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(CNS): The Office of the Auditor General has finally released a redacted copy of an audit report it completed last year, which was initially withheld, on the Owen Roberts International Airport renovation project. Sue Winspear and her team have revealed that the cost of the project is at least 20% more than originally budgeted, that it […]

(CNS): The deputy opposition leader and member for Newlands, Alva Suckoo, is calling on government to assess the root causes of social problems in the Cayman Islands to reverse the trend of growing criminality, which he believes is fuelled by the lack of opportunities for local people to advance in society. Following revelations by Chief Justice […]

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(CNS): The RCIPS Financial Crime Unit are warning that scammers have been attempting to use Premier Alden McLaughlin’s WhatsApp account to con people out cash in the latest local online scam. Messages are being sent to other WhatsApp users from an account masquerading as the premier and soliciting cash for an investment deal with the […]

(CNS): Governor Martyn Roper is travelling to New York Monday to join the delegation led by Premier Alden McLaughlin in an effort to promote the Cayman Islands’ financial services sector in the face of growing pressure and show his support for this important economic pillar, even though some of that pressure is coming from the […]

(CNS) UPDATED MONDAY: Police said Sunday morning that Teshay Bryan (13) from George Town, who was reported missing after she failed to return home from school on Thursday, has been found and appears to be in good health, according to the RCIPS, who thanked the public for their assistance in finding her. Bryan was seen […]

(CNS): Star-gazers in Cayman are set to have a great view of a lunar eclipse of the full moon, which is also a super-moon, when it’s at its closest point to the earth in its orbit, as weather conditions are forecast to be clear. The eclipse will begin around 10:30pm Sunday night and take about […]

(CNS): Activists who are organising the ‘Cayman 2020 – Visualising Our Future’ town hall community event tomorrow, Saturday 19 January, from noon until 4:00pm at the South Sound Community Centre are urging people to come out and meet with the organisers, speakers and community groups to help shape ideas for the future of Cayman. The […]

(CNS): Following a postmortem examination of a 22-month-old child, which confirmed that she drowned in a tragic incident in East End earlier this month, the police said there were no suspicious circumstances at this time but noted that the investigation into this matter has not yet concluded. On the evening of Friday, 4 January, police went […]

(CNS): After around 13 meetings with various European Union leaders and technocrats, as well as officials from direct member states, the Cayman Islands delegation led by the premier is still waiting to hear whether this jurisdiction has “passed muster” to prevent any more blacklisting. Premier Alden McLaughlin, accompanied by Financial Services Minister Tara Rivers, Attorney […]

(CNS): The Cayman Islands Legal Practitioners Association, the new professional body created from the merger of the Cayman Bar Association and the Law Society that now represents all practising attorneys in Cayman, is still hoping that the long-awaited and much disputed Legal Practitioners Bill can be steered through the Legislative Assembly. Attorney Erik Bodden made the […]

(CNS): The current deputy of the port authority board, Arek Joseph, has been appointed as the chair of the new Public Procurement Committee, set to replace the Central Tenders Committee under the new regime that will oversee government’s major projects and acquisitions. CNS has seen correspondence which confirms that Premier Alden McLaughlin appointed Joseph to […]

(CNS): A group of seven men and women, along with three alternate jurors, have now been selected to serve in an anti-corruption case involving a number of immigration officers and clients, who are accused of conspiring to circumvent the English tests administered to people wanting to enter Cayman for work. The prosecution is expected to […]

Some time ago I was seriously assaulted by someone known to me. The matter was reported to the police and I gave a statement giving details of the assault. Some short time later I became aware that the same person had been arrested for another crime. Since then I have not heard of any charges […]